Jovanka Beckles for Richmond City Council

Positive Progressive Change for Richmond

Dear friend of Richmond: :

I am Jovanka Beckles and I am running for the Richmond City Council.

Richmond, the city where I live and work, remains stuck in a past that does not address the needs of its people. We continue to have the Bay Area’s worst crime rates, the worst streets, the worst schools and the worst pollution. We need better and faster solutions.

The old powers and the old ways continue to control our city government.

The old powers and old ways on the council and in key city departments, bring us more pollution, deny us open spaces, fail to prevent the crimes or catch the culprits, do not offer the needed youth employment programs and after school opportunities, and hold back every progressive step attempted on the Council.

What I bring to the Council is my experience, integrity, solid values, energy and dedication.

Positive Progressive Change is needed and it is in the air.

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Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941-1995), the Nigerian writer and activist, wrote in Prisoners of Jebs :"The truth cannot be hidden and good ideas have legs. They walk, and sometimes run."

Join me, and many good friends, neighbors and supporters in a celebration of truth and good ideas. We need them both and badly in Richmond, and we need them soon.